Judge, 1902-01-04 · page 5 of 20
Judge — January 4, 1902 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* contains several satirical short jokes and cartoons typical of late 19th/early 20th-century humor: **"The Limit"** mocks Christian Scientists' denial of physical reality—a woman loses her faith upon experiencing tight shoes. **"To Err Is Human"** jokes about New Year's resolutions: a man won't swear off vices because being virtuous would make life unbearable. **"His First Night in the City"** satirizes rural innocence—a country visitor mistakes ordinary urban nighttime noise (buggies) for an epidemic. **"All Off"** ridicules domestic education: a woman's cooking-school training sabotages her engagement when her fiancé discovers her incompetence. **"His New-Year's Pledge"** ironically depicts a drunk who signs a temperance pledge only to violate it immediately; his wife keeps it as a joke. **The bottom cartoon** criticizes society women's sudden enthusiasm for athletics, sarcastically questioning where this trend toward female physical activity will end—implying concern about women abandoning traditional roles.
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‘THE LIMIT. 6+ ARE you a Chris- tian scientist 2" ““T was. until I got a pair of tight shoes.” TO ERR IS HUMAN. Crawford— “Why not take the bull by the horns and swear off everything at New Year's? Crabshaw— “Because it would be the death of me.” Crawford— “ How so?” Crabshaw —"1 would then be too good to, live.” HARD ON LYALL. —"Tdont Ee Ys lobe suit HIS FIRST NIGHT IN THE CITY. bg “Say, young feller, wuz they a epidemic in the city 4 last night?” She—« Certainly “Epidemic? Why, no! What made you think so?" not. It seems to be “They wuz sech a clatterin’ of buggies all night | oe thought everybody in the hull town wuz goin’ overlying. fer the docter.” ALL OFF. Mrs. A— “I sent my daughter to a cooking -school to fit her for marriage.” Mrs. Be “Was the ex- periment a suc- cess 2" Mrs, A— “No, The man she was engag- ed to found it out.” A SURE SIGN. Tommy FRoc—"* Gee! the fellow who put up that sign must have known that ma was after me."* HIS NEW-YEAR’S PLEDGE. G6] 'VE signed the good pledge today," said he And he seemed to be waiting p “I'm glad!" cried his wife righ + TM keep it for you in my trunk,” ++ And we'll hope now for happier days." So she kept it safely in her trunk. But next da A friend met hi said s n another spree, on his usual drunk, im fairly and didnot funk, wits to the wind were free. + You gave a pledge only yesterds And now what is this T sce But he spoke Though SORIAL Then what did this chronic dran - THEN SHE TOLLED THE BELL. art:may not “Oh, that’s all right! Mave ad Miss Cuurcuaett (to Mr. Dinnerbel!)—* Oh, sir, Cock Robin be long, but it My wife keeps my pled Wedeadl . seems to be Y ke keep YY pec Mr. Dinwersett—" How do you know ?’ Miss Crurcheett—*' I was folled so." long-winded. IF SOCIETY HAS REALLY TAKEN TO ATHLETICS THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WILL IT STOP? comicbooks.com